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Master of Product Design Labs

In the Master ofProduct Design Labs students will learn how to research, develop and deliver a product to high technicalandquality standards, using a methodology based on the project, to understand fully and in great detail the development of processes and industrial constraints.

By providing access to industry tools, innovative materials and manufacturing processes, we create the ideal working environment for students, so that they can anticipate the needs of the market, looking for alternativesto the usual methods of solving problems, encouraging critical thinking and social awareness.

What is the Master of Product Design Labs?
We are living at a time that echoes the early stages of industrial design, when designers’ work was not limited to "aesthetics", and when they instead played a key role in innovation, technology development, the development of product strategy and the creation of new businesses.
The Master of Product Design Labs focuses on carrying out ideas through the tools offered by the industry, innovation in the field of materials and manufacturing processes, in order to creatively anticipate market demands.

The Master of Product Design Labs creates favourable conditions in which to achieve, over a year of learning and experience, the following objectives:
• Leading multidisciplinary teams during the production process.
• Establishing personal contacts with various professionals.
• Managing the logistics of a project.
• Conceptualizing, developing and communicating innovative ideas.
• Incorporating innovation, both conceptual and technological

Why study the Master of Product Design Labs?
• Because we learn by doing: only then is it possible to really learn.
• Because we foster research and delve into the boundary between design, strategy and communication.
• Because the multicultural environment between students and professionals from different places enriches their personal experience.
• Because we offer the chance to network with companies and professionals of national and international renown.
• Because the programme is based on an innovative and transverse learning methodology.
• Because travel and visits enrich the knowledge areas.
• Because the cultural activity during the course is intense and helps to complement the experience.
• Because it takes place in Madrid, a European capital that is home to major institutions and companies, with intense cultural activity and highly accessible and multicultural.

How do students learn in the Master of Product Design Labs?
Project culture is the basis of the work dynamic and students learn by conceptualizing, developing, producing and communicating.
The course is methodologically developed on the basis of:
• Creative workshops
• Activities and workshops during international trips to institutions, firms and companies. Previous editions have included visits to such diverse destinations as San Francisco, Silicon Valley, China, Milan, London, Denmark, Portugal, Barcelona and Paris-Boisbuchet.
• Seminars and lectures
• Case Studies
• Conferences
• Activities and cultural events
• Tutorials for the development of specific projects
• Thesis research carried out throughout the master's program

At whom is the Master of Product Design Labs aimed?
Designers in any area, architects and engineers with academic and professional experience who want to specialize and materialize an idea with a specific product or project. It is recommended that participants arrive at the master with a project in mind, as it will provide the perfect time and place to carry it out. This programme has been devised with a multidisciplinary and international approach, set in the border between design and production.

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Objectives of the Masters of Design and Innovation

Train agents capable of leading change

Develop critical thinking

Learn to coordinate and work in a team with a multidisciplinary approach

Be able to take professional responsibility and integrate environmental and social aspects into their planning processes

Be able to adapt to changes and the evolution of new needs and new media

Master the project methodology and propose innovative strategies and solutions to problems in a range of spheres of action

Objectives of the Master of Product Design Labs

The Master of Product Design Labs focuses on the materialization of ideas through available tools, creative innovation in materials and manufacturing processes and anticipating market demands. It trains designers with motivation and entrepreneurial initiative, able to work in the real world.

Develop creative and innovative skills

Activate critical and analytical thinking in social and business reality

Predict and interpret trends and future scenarios

Conceptualize, develop and communicate innovative ideas

Research, built, prototype and implement projects

Integrate business, sustainability and innovation

Strengthen students’ identities as professionals who are able to work anywhere in the world

Conceptualize, develop and generate ideas

Add conceptual and technological innovation to products and processes

Design products, systems and spaces in an international context

Manage the logistics of a project

Develop projects in multidisciplinary teams

MDI Experience - Trips

The trips that students take as part of the Masters of Design of Innovation are more than just that. They are experiences that go beyond, creating key moments for learning and personal growth. These trips have the power to change students’ perception of design and innovation, providing them with opportunities to establish connections with the professional world and carrying out projects on the other side of the world.

The students will first take a trip around Europe. This will situate them in the midst of the professional context of their speciality, and will give them the chance to get closer to important agencies and design studios, with workshops at prestigious companies, sharing experiences with true gurus of design, visiting large factories and keeping up with trends in the most innovative destinations for each discipline.

Later, they will have the chance to take an intercontinental trip and take part in a range of projects with institutions from all over the world. Students themselves will choose which project they want to develop, depending on their interests, motivations within design and the subject matter chosen for their personal thesis. Designing, executing and communicating is more effective when it is carried out through a real and specific project. Additionally, these include a social aspect, full of sustainability values, befitting the needs of society today. One of the main characteristics will be the multi-disciplinary nature of the trip, which will be taken by students of the three master courses: a combination of talents to carry out social innovation projects which generate a positive impact in their realm of action.

In the last edition of the Master of Product Design Labs students visited destinations such as Milan, Colombia, India or South Africa.

Professional Opportunities

The main professional opportunities sought after completing the Master’s include:

Senior Designer

Design Manager

Project Manager

Product Manager

Design Consultant

Freelance Designer

The master prepares students for the workplace, providing them with skills, tools and capabilities that predispose them to a professional world that is currently being redefined and that they themselves may help define.

Professionals

Program Leader of the Master, Co-founder of VHM Design Futures

“This Masters programme concentrates on ‘Why’ we make products – where materials are sourced, the social contexts they will impact and the people engaged in the their conversion into useful solutions as much it looks at ‘How’ we apply appropriate skills in our daily activities.”

Tutor of the Master. Cofounder of CiOestudio and JetClay

“Design is a high risk activity, you have to be careful, since it can change your life, and others. It is like playing a score, you have to compose and play it, taking care of each element simultaneously. You have to be sure to understand every single problem and being critical enough to explore the consequences of your work, and keep in mind almost every single perspective.”

“When comes to defining an object, materials should work together similarly to how humans collaborate. Honest expression in-between its components and their properties must find a collective essence to represent the inherent values that object affords carrying. As a tutor my tactic is to collaborate with you in reaching that understanding over your project, and find your own personal research and development strategy.”

Course file

Master of Product Design Labs

Qualification: Private Upon completing the course, an accredited private diploma will be presented to students for the successful and satisfactory completion of the course.

Directed to : Designers working in any discipline, architects and engineers with academic and professional experience, who want to specialize and materialize an idea into a specific product or project. We recommend that participants arrive at the Masters with a project in mind, since the program offers them the ideal time and place to do it. This Master is a multidisciplinary and international program, on the frontier between design and production.

Admission process : To access this program, students will be selected based on: • Updated curriculum vitae. • Certificate of studies (scanned original document). • Work portfolio (if you have one). • Motivation letter, explaining your interest in this programme. • It is essential to have medium-high oral and written level in English. • Interview in person, by telephone or via Skype.

Enrollment rate: 4000 €

Course Fee: 20000 €

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